Rarities Volume I & Volume II

Rarities Volume I & Volume II

Volume I
Compilation album by The Who
Released 14 August 1983
Recorded 1964–1972
Genre Rock
Language English
Label Polydor
The Who compilations chronology
Who's Greatest Hits
(1983)		 Rarities Volume I & Volume II
(1983)		 Who's Missing
(1983)

Rarities Volume I & Volume II is a two-album series collecting songs by The Who, released in 1983 on Polydor in the UK.

The very first release in this series was a single LP titled "Join Together" issued by Polydor in Australia and New Zealand in the late 1970s. It had the same contents as the later released "Rarities Volume II" with the exception of a shorter version of "I Don't Even Know Myself". The short version of this song fades out about twenty seconds early instead of having a full ending.

In the early 1980s, after the announcement of the Who's Last Tour, Polydor UK expanded on the original concept by compiling two albums of hard to find Who tracks, mostly obscure B-sides, on Rarities Volume I and Volume II.[1] These albums were originally released on two separate LPs and then re-released on a single CD.

Some copies of the CD version were defective and were replaced by the manufacturer. Defective copies may still be in circulation.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by Pete Townshend except where noted.

Rarities Volume I

Side one
  1. "Circles"
  2. "Disguises"
  3. "Batman" (Neal Hefti)
  4. "Bucket T" (Dean Torrence, Roger Christian, Donald J. Altfeld)
  5. "Barbara Ann" (Fred Fassert)
  6. "In the City" (John Entwistle, Keith Moon)
  7. "I've Been Away" (Entwistle)
  8. "Doctor, Doctor" (Entwistle)
Side two
  1. "The Last Time" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards)
  2. "Under My Thumb" (Jagger/Richards)
  3. "Someone's Coming" (Entwistle)
  4. "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand"
  5. "Dogs"
  6. "Call Me Lightning"
  7. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (Entwistle)

Rarities Volume II

Side one
  1. "Join Together" – 4:17
    • Single released June 1972
    • Produced by The Who, Associate Producer: Glyn Johns
    • Recorded May 22, 1972[2]
  2. "I Don't Even Know Myself" – 4:30
  3. "Heaven and Hell" (Entwistle) – 3:35
    • B-side of "Summertime Blues" June 1970
    • Produced by The Who
    • Recorded on 13 April 1970 at IBC Studios, London[4]
  4. "When I Was a Boy" (Entwistle) – 3:30
    • B-side of "Let's See Action" October 1971
  5. "Let's See Action (Nothing Is Everything)" – 3:58
    • Single Released October 1971
    • Produced by The Who, Associate Producer: Glyn Johns
    • Recorded from May to June 1971 at Olympic Sound Studios, London.[5]
Side two
  1. "The Relay" – 3:38
    • Single Released November 1972
    • Produced by The Who, Associate Producer: Glyn Johns
  2. "Waspman" (Moon) – 3:02
    • B-side of "The Relay" November 1972
  3. "Here for More" (Roger Daltrey) – 2:24
  4. "Water" – 4:39
    • B-side of "5:15" October 1973.[6]
  5. "Baby Don't You Do It" (Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier) – 6:09
    • B-side of "Join Together" June 1972
    • Recorded live at the Civic Auditorium, San Francisco 1971[7]

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References

  1. ^ http://www.thewho.com/index.php?module=discography&discography_item_id=86&discography_tag=albums
  2. ^ 20th Century Masters: The Best of The Who - The Millennium Collection Liner Notes
  3. ^ Who's Next 1995 Reissue Liner Notes Pg. 23
  4. ^ http://www.thewho.com/index.php?module=discography&discography_item_id=38&discography_tag=singles
  5. ^ http://www.thewho.com/index.php?module=discography&discography_item_id=110&discography_tag=singles
  6. ^ Who's Next 1995 Remastered Liner Notes
  7. ^ http://www.thewho.com/index.php?module=discography&discography_item_id=42&discography_tag=singles
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